{"id":706,"date":"2020-08-13T10:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T10:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog2.com\/b\/?p=706"},"modified":"2020-08-13T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T10:15:49","slug":"lawyer-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/13\/lawyer-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Christopher Schulz makes Sharks. Chrome Sharks. Sometimes he adjuncts the animals alongside weapons parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is nice to look at. Art for men. Older men. Or other men that engage in inner monologues about their fading vigor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good for the market is that some of these men have money. And offices where they can place these objects. They do not know that with the purchase of a piece like this they communicate their insecurities. All they see the novelty of the combination of Chrome and Shark. That must be Art. Art they can understand. So it is good. And then it is expensive. They can afford it. And they have taste. Are modern. Their Grandma would not like it. She would see a shark in chrome. They like that about the work. She likes dolphins in porcelain more than sharks in chrome. Actually they are the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nice to look at. Kitsch.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Schulz makes Sharks. Chrome Sharks. Sometimes he adjuncts the animals alongside weapons parts. It is nice to look at. Art for men. Older men. Or other men that engage in inner monologues about their fading vigor. Good for the market is that some of these men have money. 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